MAYORAL AND COUNCIL CONTESTS.

Marlborough Express, Volume LI, Issue 97, 26 April 1917, Page 5

MAYORAL AND COUNCIL CONTESTS.

RETURN OF iffl J. J. vCORRY

Unti] the evening, when a large crowd assembled in" Market Place to hear tlie results, the municipal elections were quite overshadpwed by the commemoration of Anssac Day. ' Whetlwar or not the elections wore 1 affected by the unreserved enthusiasm which rendered the honoring of the popular jinniTCTsary so prominent in the public eye is a matter for speculation ; but the faxtb' is, that jtfhe concc&tratioß of, the populace- was not accompanied by an, .Increased attendance- a* the Spoiling "bekofhs./ though municipal polities were iiot without controversial features- and the con>tests did not lack keenness. The results of the Mayoral elcetioii are:— J. J. Corry -..l 721 W. Carr 457 Informal votes ..} ... 22 Total* votes ' ... 1200, Thus by the substantial majority of 264 Mr Corry was re-elected to tho responsible position he has occupied throughout the period of tho war. The. final returns were, announced by the Town Clork from the rotunda, at about eight o'clock, and were received with cheering. The voting in 1915 vast Oorry. 742; Carr 647: informal, 27; total votes, 1416,' majority for Corry 95. The number on the electors' roll in 1915 was 2197; on this occasion it was 1929—a decrease of 268. The decrease in the voting between the two elections was 216. : The-number of votes cast in 19J.5 was 204 less than that recorded in 1914. >=. " Following on the announcement last night, Mr Cony addressed the gathering and acknowledged the largely increased majority, with which the electors had expressed their confidence in him. He thanked them heartily in behalf of his wife and himself. , There were thirteen candidates for the Borough Council; and. the results, which reached the rotunda at about 9.30, are as follows :^B-*J. Coolse 811, X A Leslie 722, i AVI Carr 704, ■E. S. Parker 669, F."-Birch. 667, .Malcolm McKenzie 662, «W. D. Pike 643, A. Curry 621, 11. V.Bythell 61b, Fred W. Smith 601, W. Jordan 566, C. J: W. Griffiths 524, J. J, W. White 505. The first nine in the above order were elected. The new - Councillors are Messrs Leslie, McKenzie, and

Bythell. Mr White was the only memoer of the old Council who btood for re-election and was not returned. Mr W. E. Gasctoigne and Mr G. Patchett did not seek re-election. Several of the candidates ascended the platform at the rotunda and thanked the electors for their support. ■>•„-./. •